16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

brocade, fine dress, honors

Kun'yomi
  • brocade ②fine dress
On'yomi
  • キン
Nanori
  • かね
  • あや
  • にし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

にしき 99.8%
キン 0.2%

Character Breakdown

brocade, fine dress, honors
にしき キン かね (11th, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
cloth
ハク きぬ (Kentei 1)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)

References

Unicode hex code 9326
JIS X 0208 1-22-51
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4882
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6301
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1738
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2181
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1144
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1549
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 411
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 439
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1512
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2525
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1926
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40569
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2256
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1252
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 418
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a8.6
Four corner code 8612.7